There wasn't just one recipe for landing among the top-performing banks with $50 billion or more in assets. There were two — or, in some cases, a mix of both.

OFG Bancorp, the parent company of Oriental Bank, has steadily climbed American Banker's rankings of the nation's top-performing banks. Here's how the Puerto Rican bank did it.

United Bank and Five Points Bank, both ranked among the top-performing banks by Capital Performance Group, said they have stayed in the mortgage business because they see it as a way to build strong relationships in the communities they serve.

Geopolitical turmoil combined with rapid deployment of new technology has made it more important than ever for banks to prioritize their anti-financial crime functions.

The way we have traditionally measured access to banking services has become less and less useful in a world where nonbank financial services are increasingly used by consumers of all kinds.

Many of the same signs that might have predicted the financial crisis nearly two decades ago are back, including sweeping deregulation, lax underwriting standards and opaque new financial products. We should proceed with caution.

RIAs that custody less than $100 million with Fidelity have several options to choose from before being forced out of the firm next year. None of them is necessarily easy.

While it isn't a household name in most U.S. wealth management circles, RQD* Clearing just drew a substantial growth investment on the basis of its international clearing business. Can that translate to more stateside RIA relationships?

A prenup can start a couple's money conversation, protect an inheritance and even shape what happens if a surviving spouse remarries.

The chief risk officer's oversight extends to the modernization of loan pricing and scoring, which the GSEs' oversight agency has been accelerating.

The economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, far below economists expectations, though the unemployment rate remained steady, indicating softening in the labor market.

Larger public companies' high-profile servicing acquisitions tend to get the spotlight, but the two top leaders in the Ginnie MSR market are quieter players currently run as private companies.